Blogs from Da Nang , South Central Coast, Vietnam, Asia - page 10

1 April 2013 Not every single hole in the ground in Vietnam is a bomb crater; some are buffalo wallows and some are sunken round graves; but an awful lot of them are bomb craters around here. There is so much recent history on the ground in this place. Loads of it left unexploded too. There is also some ancient history - what's left to spot between craters that is. We made the trip to My Son to see the 9th century Cham ruins, and what remains after the French stole the important bits ( like heads of statues) and then US bombing, is not much to write home about. Most of the site is under archaeological survey or reconstruction. And it is crowded. Far too crowded. But they sell nice handbags there..... We have just ... read more

Greetings from Southeast Asia. After 3 flights and 27+ hours of travel time, Matt and I have arrived safely and enjoyed our first full day in Hoi An, Vietnam. (Our trip starts here because of the Light Festival that takes place tomorrow night, when the historic part of the city will shut off all electricity and only be lit by lantern lights. Iam quite excited!) Our trip, despite being very well planned out, started with a hitch. The cold symptoms I started to feel on Monday did not subside. Even with the best medicine, and lots of it, there was no getting around my congestion. Luckily Matt and I were 99% packed and my symptoms were not getting worse. With our Super Shuttle arriving perfectly on time, we were off to the airport (Tuesday night). We ... read more

Kort rapport fra turistene! Klokka er nå 14:30 her nede (08:30) hos dere og vi har allerede vært på en lengre sykkeltur. Dagen i dag er en sløve dag.. dvs. se på Hotel Cæsar på PC'en, betale regninger, sende fakturaer og korrenspondere med diverse offentlige instanser.. Men andre ord, jeg jobber Michael ligger på en solstol og ser på en dau bikkje som ligger å flyter i elva!!... read more

We are in Hoi-An not DaNang but its close. We were awoken at 6 to get ready for the trip to Hoi An. We ate breakfast outside and then went to our coach. The journey is going to take us 4 hours. After leaving Hue we travel across mainly agricultural countryside and make our way up the pass over the mountain range with spectacular views over the coastline. Hui described some of the sights we saw, one was a bus which is the express bus, the drivers helper was almost hanging out of the door. Hui said the bus is jokingly known as the flying Coffin. Stopping to take pictures we crossed the main highway as we didn't go through the tunnel. so glad or we would not have seen the pretty fishing village or the ... read more

I am not a morning person. Not at all. But somehow I am ready at 5am when Etienne arrives in a minivan to pick me utp for the photo tour. It's last he's running for the year so it's a pretty big group, but everyone seems friendly. This is going to be fun. The plan is to head out to a fishing village. We take a boat across the river and then we'll be able to see the fishing boast coming in and practice some of the things Etienne has been telling us. First though, we sit in a local cafe (think of a shack, but with one wall left open) and sip the strongest coffees I've had in a long time while we wait for the boat. And then, we hear it. A little bit ... read more